Fantasy Baseball Roundtable

Mastersball writer Todd Zola, a Tout Wars and LABR veteran, tackles important fantasy baseball questions with help from industry professionals, including KFFL scribes.

Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Roundtable examines topics in rotisserie, head-to-head and many other fantasy baseball leagues each week. Waiver wire strategy, player scouting information, game theory, trend analysis - Lord Zola and friends will tend to all your fantasy baseball team's needs.

Want to join the discussion or suggest a topic? E-mail Lord Zola at lordzola@kffl.com or catch previews for topics on Facebook and Twitter!

2013 Fantasy Baseball Roundtable with Todd Zola, of MastersBall.com

Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Assessing teams at quarter pole (05/15)

The MLB season is about 1/4 of the way complete. Where do your teams sit, and what -- if anything -- do you do to improve your chances of winning?
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: David Price or Matt Moore, more (05/08)

Who's really the Rays' ace? Plus, other rotisserie cage matches: Salvador Perez vs. Carlos Ruiz, Nolan Arenado vs. Aramis Ramirez and ... Mike Trout vs. Bryce Harper!
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Wil Myers, Oscar Taveras, Billy Hamilton, Jurickson Profar? (05/01)

Lord Zola gathers the knights to discuss their preferences for some of the game's top prospects ... in redraft leagues, not keeper leagues.

Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Evan Gattis vs. John Buck, more (04/24)

Lord Zola's knights pick their poisons. Do you believe it? Some of them preferred Buck over Gattis? Plus: Wandy Rodriguez vs. Jose Fernandez, Andrew Bailey vs. Edward Mujica, Daniel Nava vs. Vernon Wells.

Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Who Concerns You? (04/17)

Rotisserie and head-to-head baseball owners hear it all the time: Don't panic. But are there players whose starts to 2013 should trouble us?
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Managing your league's FAAB (04/10)

Lord Zola and the Knights have a FAABulous time talking about how to handle their waiver-wire money.
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Preseason Awards (04/03)

The Knights convene to predict the 2013 fantasy baseball awards.
Chance Favors the Prepared Fantasy Baseball Mind - ADP: A Necessary Evil (03/28)

Some rotisserie or head-to-head baseball players swear by ADP. Others dismiss it completely. Is either correct?
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: If Miguel Cabrera is No. 1, who's No. 2? (03/20)

The benevolent Lord Zola - OK, the selfish Lord Zola - asks the court about a "hypothetical" at the No. 2 pick.
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Drafting stolen bases (03/13)

How do you plan to come up with thefts? Does it depend on the format? Are players like Juan Pierre a waste of money?
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Spring training performances (03/06)

The Knights tackle the significance of spring training performances. Can they predict regular-season growth or decline?
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: The Role of LABR and Tout Wars (02/27)

Lord Zola tries to generate a discussion on the role of LABR and Tout Wars, but the knights soon cause chaos, as they're wont to do.
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Adam Wainright, R.A. Dickey, Yu Darvish, Zack Greinke (02/20)

Todd Zola asks his Knights - and Baseball Prospectus analyst Paul Sporer, who also operates his own baseball Web site - to rank these four hurlers for the 2013 MLB season.
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Tout Wars mixed replacing BA with OBP (02/13)

Tout Wars mixed will replace batting average with on-base percentage in 2013. Good move? The knights discuss the league's role in the fantasy world and how this move may play out in public opinion.

Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Bryce Harper's 2013 value (02/06)

Lord Zola's knights return to chaotic Camelot. (It's a silly place.) Is Bryce Harper the holy grail of 2013? The season's first special guest, MLB.com's Cory Schwartz, tries to deliver some flesh wounds.

2012 Fantasy Baseball Roundtable with Todd Zola, of MastersBall.com

Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Review and Preview - SP, RP (09/26)

Lord Zola closes out 2012 by grading SP and RP. Which arms look like gold for next year?
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Review and Preview - 2B, SS, OF (09/19)

Lord Zola again recaps the 2012 season by position - this time, second base, shortstop and outfield - and gives a sneak peek at the 2013 field.
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Review and Preview - C, 1B, 3B (09/12)

Todd Zola recaps and looks forward with the catcher, first base and third base pools
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Tips for down the stretch (08/30)

Regardless of what place you're in, there are methods to employ to maximize your finish. The knights have some tricks, including taking a dip in the stream.
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Ryan Braun or Mike Trout, more rest-of-season decisions (08/15)

Lord Zola proposes several "Who'd You Rather"s to his Knights for the rest of the 2012 season. Some answers might surprise you.
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Lord Zola answers critics regarding trades (08/08)

King Arthur never dealt with this much doubt. Trades between contenders and non-contenders in rotisserie leagues? Bah!
Fantasy Baseball Round Table: Trading between contenders and non-contenders (08/01)

Is there an unwritten rule about deals between bottom-feeders and top teams in rotisserie baseball leagues?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Reevaluating Ichiro Suzuki, Anibal Sanchez (07/25)

Monday kicked off what has been a furious week of trades so far, and the Knights review the fallout of new unis for Anibal Sanchez and Ichiro Suzuki
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Disagreeing with second-half draft rankings (07/18)

Lord Zola reviews the cumulative second-half rotisserie rankings from last week, but not before the Knights give their picks and pans.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Second-half draft rankings (07/11)

The knights help Lord Zola compile positional rankings as if they were participating in a second-half draft. Where did surprise shortie Ian Desmond rank?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Your 2nd-half Top 5 Batters, Top SP (07/04)

The first half of MLB's 2012 season is drawing to a close, but members of the Roundtable are looking well past the All-Star Game.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Hold or Sell R.A. Dickey? (06/27)

Is R.A. Dickey's rotisserie acedom legit? What do you do with him at this point?

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: A day at the gym (06/20)

From knights to ... jesters? Todd gives his guild a week off and instead fields questions from a couple of locker-room Joes. Familiar reminders about prospect value, trade strategy and waiver-wire working resurface.

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Saving space for called-up prospects (06/13)

Mike Trout and Bryce Harper have already had a big effect on rotisserie standings. Who else could have that kind of impact, and will you get him?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, or ... ? (06/06)

Rotisserie players, especially those in keeper leagues, have a decision to make - and they have so many choices!
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Eric Hosmer, Alexei Ramirez, Rickie Weeks (05/30)

Lord Zola's knights assess the slow starts - and prospects of turnarounds - of these three rotisserie stragglers.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: How trade talks develop (05/23)

Differences of opinion heat up discussion about how to handle a trade offer, which, as Lord Zola points out, is how dialogue can - and sometimes must - go.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Handling hot starts, like Bryan LaHair's (05/16)

Lord Zola was curious: Would a fantasy baseball player rather have LaHair or one of these well-known batters the rest of the way ... and why?

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Closer chaos (05/09)

In 2012, the rate of closers succumbing to injury or poor performance seems to be rampant. Lord Zola and the knights have plenty to discuss about the recent movement and strategy on the whole for the saves category.

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Trades, vetoes and keeper leagues (04/30)

The Zen Master bought Albert Pujols with one thing in mind. What's the best way to go about it? What do you want in a trade? What will you give up?

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Early-season pitching observations (04/23)

The Knights didn't want to jump to conclusions last week, but that doesn't mean they haven't seen some things from certain pitchers that have piqued their interest. Lord Zola notes important details in analyzing pitcher velocity.

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Preseason prognistications in review (04/16)

Industry experts weigh in about their preseason evaluations and potential mistakes with the benefit of hindsight from watching early-season play.
Chance Favors the Prepared Fantasy Baseball Mind: Troy Tulowitzki and Scarcity (04/11)

In Lord Zola's follow-up to this week's Fantasy Baseball Roundtable, he explains the concept of scarcity and how some rotisserie players misunderstand the application of strategies to account for it.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Defining scarcity (04/09)

Lord Zola traveled to the realm of his fellow Tout Warriors to find the holy grail of scarcity in fantasy baseball. Was there much rejoicing in his findings?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Early-season roster management (04/02)

How much tinkering should you do in the first few weeks? The knights talk categories, injuries and more to help you with your early-season roster management.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Spring training impressions (03/26)

Delmon Young's solid spring has many buying on a breakout year in 2012. Who are some of the studs and duds of spring training that you should monitor in your drafts?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Predicting MLB awards (03/12)

Lord Zola commands his knights to predict the MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year for the AL and NL, and puts the exercise in a fantasy baseball scope.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Spring training watch lists (03/05)

Brandon Belt is one of the most popular names the knights are monitoring as spring games kick off. Will the warriors reveal their other secrets? One way to find out....
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Player A or Player B? (02/27)

Ichiro Suzuki, or the San Diego Padres' center fielder? Max Scherzer, or Jeremy Hellickson? Neil Walker, or Jason Kipnis? Dexter Fowler, or Alex Rios? Matt Cain, or C.J. Wilson? Plenty of answers.

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Tout Wars rules change (02/20)

The Roundtable boasts some competitors in Tout Wars, including KFFL's Nick and Tim. Lord Zola's crew jousts over whether the addition of a "Swingman" is the right idea and what the league's role is in the fantasy baseball realm.

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: How fantasy baseball players should prepare (02/13)

Seasons change, and with them, so does the focus of fantasy sports games and fans. We're just days away from Major League Baseball's spring training. What are the most important things for rotisserie managers to do to prepare for drafts?

Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Mock draft strategy (02/06)

Lord Zola questions his knights about the responsibility of industry mock drafters: Should they explore different strategies or honor their normal method of putting together a team?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Drafting Ryan Braun (01/30)

Are Lord Zola's knights rushing off to draft Ryan Braun? Will the status of his suspension affect your draft table?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Michael Pineda's change in value (01/23)

Lord Zola asks his faithful to ponder: How has the rotisserie ranking of the New York Yankees' new pitcher changed? There's no easy answer, as the debaters soon find out.
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Overvalued first-rounders? (01/16)

Lord Zola wastes no time in getting to the heart of a serious matter with his roto knights: Is there anyone that most others consider a first-round pick that you will be avoiding?
Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Lord Zola assembles his knights (01/09)

Lord Zola introduces the Fantasy Baseball Roundtable that starts next week. For now, he gives some of his initial thoughts on the 2012 draft landscape, including so

2011 Fantasy Baseball Mailbag with Todd Zola, of MastersBall.com

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